Closet ventilating system



Patented Nov. 13, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE cLcsEr VENTILATING srsrEM Ralph n. ioxham', Mobile,v Aia. Application September 19, 19M, Serial No. 554,780

(ci. ,8o-1.11)

4 Claims.

This invention relates to closet structures, and more particularly to an improved closet constructed and arranged to permit the ready exposure of garments stored therein to sun and air without the necessity of removing and carrying the garments through the house to the yard.

The object of the present invention is the provision of an improved closet structure so arranged with respect to the outside walls of the house and provided with means of exit to the outside of the house that clothes normally hung in the closet can be pushed with a minimum of effort to an exposed position and subjected to outside air and sunlight. Y

Further objects will appear in the course of the following detailed description.

The invention consists Iin the novel construction, arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this speci- I cation as part thereof, in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken through a portion of a dwelling and of the improved closet installed therein;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical cross-section taken through the guide rail Il); and

Figure 3 is a transverse cross-section taken through the guide rail Ill.

In the accompanying drawing, the outside wall of a dwelling is represented at W and an interior floor at F, above which is shown the ceiling I and an interior closet partition wall 2 having an inner door opening 3 adapted to be closed by a door 4,

One of the distinguishing features of the present invention is the provision in the outside wall W of the dwelling and opening from the closet space 'of a doorway 5 adapted to be closed by a door 6. As herein illustrated, the doors 4 and 6 are oppositely disposed but where circumstances suggest a different arrangement it is obvious that the door 4 may be positioned in either of the side walls of the closet or, if desired, the closet can be constructed in the corner of a room with only one interior wall which would be provided with a doorway 3 and door 4, and in which latter event the outside door opening 5 could be positioned in either of the outside walls utilized in the formation of the closet.

Another distinguishing feature of the present invention is the provision of a guide rail I0 positioned perpendicular vto the outside door opening and at the top thereof and extending to the opposite wall of the closet, said guide rail being supported as by hangers 20-20 secured to the inner walls of the closet. The guide rail I0 as herein illustrated as of C-shape and is distinguished by being bent adjacent the outer edge of the outside wall W, as at II, so that the outer portion I2 of the guide rail slopes downwardly and outwardly slightly to shed rain away from the building and preclude a seepage of any rain water into the closet. The outer end of the guide rail is provided with a stop I8 and the guide rail may be conveniently supported by a guide rod I3 extending obliquely upwardly from the outer end of the guide rail to the outer wall.

Mounted upon the roller carriages I5, slidable within the guide rail, is a coat hanger rod I6 upon which garments hung on ordinary garment hangers can be hooked. The hanger rod I6 and its associated roller carriages I5 as associated are preferably of a length approximating the depth of a closet and the guide rail outer portion I2 is preferably slightly longer than the inner portion of the guide rail Ill so as to permit adjusting the coat rail away from the outer Wall, as desired.

A further convenience in connection with a closet of this type is the provision of a balcony I adjacent the outer wall opening 5, which balcony 1 may be provided with a suitable railing 8 and supported as by struts 9 or otherwise as found convenient.

It will be apparent that my improved closet structure is adaptable to use either in connection with newly constructed houses or with a minimum of alteration in connection with already built structures, the essential requirement being the availability of a portion of outside wall convenient for the closet, through which the door opening 5 can be cut. Closet walls otherwise will be conventional and of such numbers and shape as lend themselves to the shape of the inside room.

.Havingthus described my invention, I claim:

1. Sun-air closet comprising enclosing Walls, one of which is an exterior wall of the building, a doorway from the interior of the building through one of the interiorv walls, a doorway through the exterior wall, a rail extending at door height across the closet and exterior of the building, a rod for supporting clothes and roller carriages to support the rod from the rail, whereby the rod can be positioned on the rail interiorly of the closet or exteriorly of the building as desired.

2. Structure as specied in claim 1, in which the rail portion exterior of the building is inclined downwardly from the wall at a slight angle with a stop at the end.

3. Sun-air closet comprising enclosing Walls, one of which is an exterior wall of the building, a. doorway from the interior of the building through one of the interior walls, a doorway through the exterior wall, a rail extending across the closet and above the exterior door to the exe terior, a rod for supporting garments anhangers, spaced roller carriages mountedI on the rail supporting the rod, the rail being at least twice the length of the rod and its associated hangers j t and positioned with respect to the exterior wall to support the rod either within or--Without' the building, with a balcony positioned without the exterior wall and beneath the raiL'with access to said balcony through said closet 'and doorways. f

- with access to said balcony through said closet and doorways.

4. Sun-air closet comprising enclosing walls, one of which is an exterior wall of the building, a doorway from the interior of the building through one of the interior walls, a doorway through the exterior wall, a rail extending both within and without the closet, that portion of the rail without the closet inclined downwardly with a stop at its outer end, a rod for supporting garments on hangers, spaced roller carriages mounted onfthe rail supporting'therod, the rail being at least twice the length of theA rodand its supporting carriages and positioned with respect to the exterior wall to support the rod wholly within or without Ythe building, a balcony positioned withoutthe exterior wall and beneath the rail,

RALPH H. BLCH-IAM. 

